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GO Transit gets $500M boost

February 21st, 2009

The question now is to see what this means for Milton, where extensive improvements have already been made to the GO Station over the past few years. Expanded train service on weekends? We encourage GO Transit riders to leave suggestions in our comments section below.

From The Toronto Star

Milton GO Transit Station

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says such investments "give us a more competitive economy in the longer term."

In a bid to get the ailing economy back on the rails, Ottawa and Queen’s Park are boosting investment in GO Transit.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premier Dalton McGuinty today announced that up to $500 million will be spent to improve a dozen GO station parking lots and upgrading rail lines to increase service reliabiliity.

The funding will be divided equally between the provincial and federal governments.

Harper and McGuinty made a theatrical arrival at the GO yards in Mimico aboard a locomotive to disclose the news.

“This investment will create jobs for local construction workers in communities throughout Southern Ontario,” said Harper.

McGuinty said such investments “give us a more competitive economy in the longer term.”

“When transit is more convenient, more people leave their car at home. That means a better quality of life for our families and a cleaner, stronger and more beautiful province,” the premier said.

Today’s funding is a part of the previously announced $3.09 billion Ontario will receive from Ottawa’s Building Canada program.

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Message to McGuinty: Address the 905 Gap

December 3rd, 2008

We couldn’t have said this any better.

An editorial from today’s Toronto Star:

Simply put, the fastest growing parts of the province are receiving less funding, and a lower level of service, than elsewhere.

Simply put, the fastest growing parts of the province are receiving less funding, and a lower level of service, than elsewhere.

Surging population growth is widening an already serious gap in hospital funding in the regions surrounding Toronto. The same regions are being shortchanged in social services, too, and indications are that the gap will widen further in the coming years.

That’s the upshot of a new report tallying provincial funding for hospital care and social services in the 905 regions (Durham, York, Peel and Halton) and other fast-growing regions such as Waterloo.

Residents in these high-growth areas are receiving $254 per person less than other Ontarians for hospital care in the current fiscal year, according to the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. That is up slightly from the $253 per person gap in the previous year. Six years ago, the gap was just $184.

As for social services, residents of the GTA outside Toronto were each allocated $193 less than other Ontarians in 2006-07. That gap has narrowed from $218 per person in the previous year, but only because cuts to child-care funding resulted in less money for everyone.

The province is aware of these disparities and is spending $120 million on hospitals in fast-growing communities, with the first $30 million going out this year. But a lot more is needed to close an annual gap of about $1.4 billion in hospital spending alone.

Simply put, the fastest growing parts of the province are receiving less funding, and a lower level of service, than elsewhere. On the national stage, Premier Dalton McGuinty has repeatedly demanded more fairness for Ontario. That’s well and good, but he should also give some thought to providing more fairness inside Ontario.

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Gary Carr and Ted Chudleigh draw a line in the sand for Smitherman

October 28th, 2008

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Halton Regional Chair, Gary Carr

Halton Regional Chair, Gary Carr is putting pressure on the Provincial Government to freeze development in Halton.

Flipping through the Milton Canadian Champion and the Toronto Star I noticed one issue that did stand out. Gary Carr, the Regional Chair for Halton, along with Ted Chudleigh MPP for Halton have expressed concerns about the amount of development in our area compared to improvements to infrastructure. One of the areas of concerns is the hospital. Milton for example is growing closer and closer to 80,000 residents while not one major improvement has been made to our hospital. That hospital was designed for a town of 35,000 residents and as the years go by, Milton will approach 100,000 and no plans in sight to expand or improve the hospital.

The hospital has made some improvements. With the help and generosity of the public and other individuals and companies, Milton Hospital now has the CT scanner that was so badly needed. Now Milton Hospital needs more than that to adapt to the changes in the region. With Mattamy Homes pumping out new homes by the day and hundreds of moving trucks bringing the belongings of many happy families, excited with the opportunity to share with us, the beauty and the wonderful community we call home, something has to be done with our hospital.

For months Ted Chudliegh has been fighting with the Provincial Government to get this problem noticed by Premier Dalton McGuinty but so far nothing has happened. Everything seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.

What do our local leaders need to do to fix the problem? To date we’ve really heard nothing from Town Council. I know its not their area of responsibility but they do speak for the people. Our municipal leaders are on the the closest to the residents. Many times you can pick up the phone and give them a call to let them know how you feel. Some chose to respond quickly and others chose not to. I know that after talking with many of you during the last municipal election and afterwards, the hospital is a vitally important issue for many of you. As the town and the region grows, so should its infrastructure.

The only problem is our municipal leaders dont seem to have a vision for the future. There doesn’t seem to be a five, ten or twenty year plan on the horizon. Maybe at best a one year plan, and then a plan for re-election. In Milton, we see daily the result of decisions that were made in the past with no foresight as evidenced in their decision to close off 4th Line before they opened up James Snow Parkway a few years back.

They should have realized by now that is a growing problem that wont go away. This is what our leaders at all levels; from the member of parliament for Halton, to Ted Chudleigh, to Milton Town Council and to the Region of Halton; should be talking about endlessly to the provincial government…

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